Education vs. School (was Re: OT: City Names)

From: LordTyran <a2k_at_one.net>
Date: Sat Apr 17 10:01:09 1999

> I believe so. I also believe he is correct, especially in view of some of
> the products of the alleged education system I have seen in recent years.
> We're talking Year 12's that can't spell to save their life, or do simple
> arithmetic without a calculator. It's a worry.
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
>
I agree. I'm in grade 9, and to quote from the Hacker's Manifesto "...
this shit they teach us bores me.. you fed us baby food when we hungered
for steak, and the few bits that you did let through were pre-chewed and
tasteless..." Some people just don't want to learn, but then there are
other, like me, that crave knowledge. I'm in an intensive math class...
and it literally bores that shit out of me. I sleep through an A, while
the teacher, who proclaims that she hates teaching (no joke.."... or
doesn't like teaching and shouldn't be here..."), has the students guess
the next line in the song she's singing stead of teaching us. Meanwhile,
I'm reading a book from the school library's extensive mathematics section
(that nobody has ever checked out) to teach myself what she won't teach
us. I'm reading a quite interesting book right now entitled "An Imaginary
Tale: Understanding Imaginary Numbers."

There are some that want to learn, like me, and *don't* let schooling
get in the way of education.

Kevin

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